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Le Figaro ActualitésyesterdayCulture1 min readFrance

New York's Met Opera to distribute tens of thousands of free tickets

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that the Met Opera will distribute approximately 70,000 free tickets per season via a lottery to make opera accessible to all residents, regardless of income.

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The Met Opera is a prestigious cultural institution in New York where the most expensive tickets can cost well over $100, making access difficult for many locals.

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New York's very prestigious Met Opera will distribute tens of thousands of free tickets to city residents, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday, who wants to make culture more accessible. The “opera for all” operation should make it possible to give away some 70,000 tickets each season via a lottery system accessible to New Yorkers. “Art should not be reserved for those who can afford it,” said the left-wing mayor of the largest city in the United States.

While a third of tickets usually sell for less than $100, the best seats sell for much higher amounts. “Every New Yorker should have the opportunity to sit in one of these seats, (...) regardless of their bank account,” Zohran Mamdani said.

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The free opera program will be expanded to other New York cultural institutions if the initiative is successful.
Possible · Within months

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What will be the exact mechanism of the lottery to distribute the tickets?
How will this distribution of free tickets be financed?
How long will the city's financial commitment be for this program?

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This article was originally published by Le Figaro Actualités.